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Sections
Education
Research Interests
Major Awards and Grants
Publications
Teaching Experience
Research Experience
Selected Presentations
Mentoring
Service
Additional Academic Training
Other Funding and Awards
Reviewer
Professional Memberships
| 2018 | Ph.D. in Population Biology | University of California, Davis |
| 2013 | B.S. in Biology, Minor Mathematics | Arizona State University |
| 2010 | Associate of Science | Scottsdale Community College |
Quantitative ecology, coupled natural-human systems, ecosystem management, conservation science, marine ecology, fisheries, protected areas, decision theory, species monitoring, biology education, active learning
| 2020 | PI: Effects of a human pandemic on fisheries. Gund Institute for Environment COVID-19 Rapid Research Fund ($7,100) |
| 2019-2024 | (CO-PIs) Baker-Medard Merrill, White Easton R., and Elizabeth Fairchild. Socio-Ecological Feedbacks of Marine Protected Areas: Dynamics of Small-Scale Fishing Communities and Inshore Marine Ecosystems. National Science Foundation CNH2: Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems. $602,320 |
| 2018 | Graduate Teaching Award, University of California, Davis |
| 2017-2018 | Professor for the Future fellow |
| 2014-2017 | National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow |
| 2013-2014 | Canada Fulbright Awardee |
Google Scholar link ResearchGate link
*Indicates undergraduate or graduate student mentee, \(^\dagger\)Indicates equal co-authorship
| University of Vermont | |
| 2019 | Instructor, Foundations of Quantitative Reasoning (BIO381, PhD-level). |
| University of California, Davis | |
| 2017-2018 | Instructor, BIS2B Ecology and Evolution Bridge Program (Bootcamp), Biology Undergraduate Scholars Program |
| 2018 | Instructor, Science Education and Outreach. |
| 2018 | Instructor, Building your personal baloney detection kit, First Year Seminar program |
| 2017 | Guest Lecturer, Mathematical methods in population biology (graduate-level PBG231) |
| Software Carpentry | |
| 2014-2019 | Instructor for nine two-day workshops in North America (R, shell, and version control) |
| University of Victoria | |
| 2014 | Teaching Assistant, Advanced Ecology (BIO470) |
| 2019-2024 | PI on coupled socio-ecological systems project focused on Madagascar coral reef fisheries |
| 2014-2018 | Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis, Advisor: Alan Hastings |
| 2016 | Intern, Young Scientist Summer Program, Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, Austria |
| 2013-2014 | Canada Fulbright Awardee, University of Victoria, Canada, Advisor: Julia Baum |
| 2012-2013 | Researcher, Gerber Lab: Marine Population Biology, Arizona State University, Advisor: Leah Gerber |
| 2009-2013 | Researcher, SCC/ASU Evolutionary Dynamics Laboratory, Advisor: John Nagy |
| 2011-2012 | Intern, Bimini Biological Field Station, Bimini, Bahamas, Supervisor: Samuel Gruber |
*Indicates undergraduate mentee
| 2020 | Protecting sharks and rays in the face of overfishing and climate change. Online Guest Lecture, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. |
| 2020 | Shifting elasmobranch community assemblage within the Cocos Island marine protected area. Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. |
| 2019 | Managing populations in a changing world. Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. |
| 2019 | Ecology and conservation in an uncertain world. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. |
| 2019 | Site-selection bias and species monitoring programs. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. |
| 2019 | Experimenting with the past to improve species monitoring programs. CSEE Meeting, Fredericton, NB, Canada. |
| 2019 | Teaching case study: Socio-ecological modeling of coral reef fisheries. National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, Annapolis, MD. |
| 2019 | Interdisciplinary summer bridge programs to improve student outcomes. Biology Education Gordon Conference, Bates College, Lewiston, ME. |
| 2019 | Managing populations in a changing world. Biology Department Seminar Series, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. |
| 2019 | *Rappel, Charlotte and Easton R. White. Spatial dynamics and extinction risk of a small mammal population. University of California Undergraduate Research Conference. |
| 2019 | *Kono, Erica, Schweibold, Reece, and Easton R. White. Sex-biased dispersal in a model invasive species. University of California Undergraduate Research Conference. |
| 2018 | Ecological and evolutionary dynamics in an increasingly variable world. Center for Population Biology Seminar Series, University of California, Davis, CA. |
| 2018 | Designing marine protected areas for catastrophic events. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON. |
| 2018 | Minimum time required to detect populations trends. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. |
| 2016 | Metapopulation dynamics and extinction in the American pika. Mathematics of Planet Earth group, Society for Industrial and Applied Math, Philadelphia, PA. |
| 2016 | Evolution of reproductive timing in variable environments. Young Scientist Summer Program. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, Austria. |
| 2016 | Spatial structure and stochasticity in small mammal communities. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. |
| 2016 | The inevitable partial collapse of an American pika metapopulation. Ecological Society of America. Baltimore, Maryland. |
| University of Vermont | |
| Fall 2019 - Present | Amanda Jones, Independent Research Project |
| University of California, Davis | |
| Summer 2018 - Spring 2019 | Erica Kono, Independent Research Project |
| Summer 2018 - Spring 2019 | Reece Schweibold, Independent Research Project |
| Summer 2018 - Spring 2019 | Charlotte Rappel, Independent Research Project |
| Spring 2018 - Summer 2018 | Ivan Beas, Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2017 - Summer 2018 | Kyle Cox, Contributed to research project and publication |
| Winter 2016 - Summer 2016 | Jeni Boyer, Independent Research Project |
| Winter 2016 - Summer 2016 | Annie Maliguine, Independent Research Project |
| University of Victoria | |
| Fall 2013 - Winter 2014 | Mitra Nikoo, Contributed to research project |
| Winter 2014 | Jessica Holden, Contributed to research project |
| Winter 2014 | Michael Sullivan, Contributed to research project |
| Scottsdale Community College | |
| Spring 2012 - Spring 2013 | Andrew Nemecek, Independent Research Project |
| Spring 2012 - Spring 2013 | Sabrina Jones, Independent Research Project |
| 2018- | Leadership Team, National Science Foundation PhD traineeship, University of Vermont |
| 2018- | Instructor, computational skills workshops, Software Carpentry |
| 2019 | Organizer, Research Derby Event, University of Vermont |
| 2016-2018 | Founder, Population Biology Diversity Committee, University of California, Davis |
| 2017-2018 | Instructor, Skype a Scientist program, University of California, Davis |
| 2015 | Volunteer tutor, STEM Cafe , University of California, Davis |
| 2012-2014 | Cofounder and educator, Mathematics without Boundaries, Arizona State University |
| 2020 | Teaching Effectively Online Course, University of Vermont |
| 2017-2018 | Professors for the Future Program, University of California, Davis |
| 2018 | University Ethics and Professionalism |
| 2017 | Seminar on College Teaching |
| 2017 | Center for Educational Excellence Workshop Series |
| 2015-2018 | Graduate Teaching Community Workshop Series |
| 2014 | Software Carpentry Instructor Course |
| 2014 | Mathematics Teaching Workshop, University of Victoria |
| 2014-2019 | Various Software Carpentry travel awards |
| 2019 | Canadian Institute for Ecology and Evolution honorarium ($1,200) |
| 2018 | UC Davis Graduate Teaching Award ($500) |
| 2018 | UC Davis Graduate Studies Travel Grant ($1,000) |
| 2018 | Population Biology Travel Grant ($800) |
| 2016 | SIAM Travel Grant ($650) |
| 2016 | Population Biology Research Grant ($1,666) |
| 2016 | National Academy of Science Travel Grant ($4,400) |
| 2015 | Mathematical Biosciences Institute traval grant ($750) |
| 2014 | NSF Travel Award ($1,700) |
| 2014 | Fulbright student mobility award ($800) |
| 2013 | NSF Travel Award ($1,300) |
| 2013 | Outstanding Graduating Senior ($500) |
| 2010-2012 | All-Arizona Academic Team Tuition Waiver ($20,000) |
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Biological Conservation, Communications Biology, Conservation Biology, Ecography, Ecological Modelling, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Journal of Applied Ecology, PeerJ, PLoSONE, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, NOAA Grant Review, Science, Theoretical Ecology
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE)
Ecological Society of America (ESA)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB)
Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER)